Should indeterminate lung lesions reported on staging CT scans influence the management of patients with colorectal cancer?

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 816-818

  Brent, A ^a   Talbot, R ^a   Coyne, J ^a   Nash, G ^a  

^a POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal; CT; Indeterminate; Lung; Metastases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 35348913748     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2007.01229.x     Document Type: Article

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